Completing hazards analyses was a common practice in the chemical industry many years before requirements for them were established by OSHA and EPA. Although the body of knowledge in the chemical industry on hazard analysis is extensive, reference will be made here to only one publication because of its particular significant.
The Center For Chemical Process Safety is a part of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. One of its books is titled Guidelines For Hazard Evaluation Procedures, Second Edition With Worked Examples. Publication of the text by a chemically oriented group should not dissuade those who want an education in the following evaluation techniques. Their descriptions are generic.
Safety Review
Checklist Analysis
Relative Ranking
Preliminary Hazard Analysis
What‐If analysis
What‐If Checklist Analysis
Hazard and Operability Analysis
Fault Tree Analysis
Event Tree Analysis
Cause‐Consequence Analysis
Human Reliability Analysis
These techniques are dealt with broadly in the Guidelines within chapters titled “Overview of Hazard Evaluation Techniques” and “Using Hazard Evaluation Techniques.”
1.11 Conclusion
The message is clear. Including provisions requiring hazards analyses and risk assessments in safety standards and guidelines has become ordinary. It is logical to assume that this trending will continue and that safety professionals will be expected to have the knowledge and skill necessary to give counsel on applying those provisions. Emphasis on practical applications of risk assessments is key.
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2 Risk Assessment Standards and Definitions
Bruce Lyon1 and Bruce Hollcroft2
1 Brown & Brown
2 PayneWest Insurance, A Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC Company
OBJECTIVES
Introduce the Need for Risk Assessments
Review Compliance Standards that Require Hazard Determination and Analysis
Review Consensus Standards that Prescribe Risk Assessment
Define Key Risk Assessment Terminology
2.1 Introduction
The single‐most important component within the operational risk management process is the identification, analysis, and assessment of risk. Without this element, there is little hope of understanding and managing
